Pascal's Pancakes

Four of the grands stayed with us Friday night.  Their favorite breakfast is pancakes so I tried a new recipe from Afternoon Coffee & Evening Tea

Pascal's Pancakes Recipe

what makes the recipe different is it uses maple syrup instead of sugar.

I tripled the recipe for the 6 of us.  Two of the kiddos had seconds and there were about 6 pancakes leftover that went in the freezer. 

for a triple batch, I  used 3 eggs, 3 T maple syrup, 6 T cooking oil,  2 1/4 C milk (I added a little extra as our batter seemed too thick) 3 C flour, 6 t baking powder and about 1 t salt

Its a very  nice pancake recipe and I'm glad so glad Billie Jo shared it. 

Getting ready for the weekend..........With a wee helper

hello everyone,  since we still had so much fresh produce, I decided to use while it was still usable.

I made a big salad to eat as we want to over the weekend.
I also made a sandwich topping box and added the last 3  pickle spears in one jar and some olives from another big jar because I know my husband likes them.

I think my little "helper" likes olives too 😍

We drink a lot of iced tea, always unsweetened.  I make it in a coffee machine.  

I put one gallon of water in a pitcher, then fill up the coffee maker tank with part of it. 

I put 6 small tea bags in the machine and brew it one cycle.  

Then pour the brewed tea into the gallon pitcher.  It keeps stored in the fridge for 3 days before I think it goes bitter.  

I also made some peanut butter and jelly "uncrustables" sandwiches for the freezer.  

I prefer to use a thin layer of smooth PB of each slice of bread, then jelly on one side and after the sandwiches are assembled, I cut off the crusts.  That's just a preference, not a necessity.
Each sandwich is sealed in a sandwich bag and then I corral all of them in a big zipper bag before I put them in the freezer.

Our little Jackson likes them. 

And some days with an almost two year old along, even making a sandwich can sound like a daunting task.  

Hope you all have a great weekend.  

I'm already planning my next post - a big commissary grocery haul.